Reader Ellipsoid combines minimalist icons and widgets with a serene wallpaper to create a truly simple home screen. Here's how to create something similar.

Ellipsoid lists the necessary components:

I really dig the whole minimalist thing, so I set out to make an Android home screen in the minimalist spirit. This is what came of it. My favorite thing here is that icon set. It makes for an extremely cryptic home screen, which gives it a bit of a futuristic feel. I used:

A Nexus 7 with a stock Jelly Bean ROM (though in principle this doesn't matter at all)

Do you have an awesome, tweaked-into-oblivion home or lock screen of your own that you'd like to share? Go ahead and post it on the #homescreenshowcase forum with a description of how you made it and it may be the next featured home screen.